Among the Mourners of Zion and Jerusalem

[Richard D]

Here in Israel, we’ve had to learn a lot since this war began. We learned that we’d be forced to navigate the most fraught moment in our history with a government that is the most extreme and least competent ever to lead this country—a dangerous lack of faith that erupted after today’s news in the form of many tens of thousands of protesters in the streets, furious at the failure to get our people home. We’ve learned that we’re nearly encircled by Iranian proxies. We’ve learned that the terrorist organization that seized Hersh—Hamas—in fact operates openly in the territory of two American allies, Turkey and Qatar. We’ve learned that Egypt, which has a border with Gaza and a peace agreement with Israel, has been allowing in the weapons that Hamas uses against us.

We’ve learned that Hamas is not universally shunned as a terror group, but actually enjoys broad support, including in the West, including among some of the most educated citizens. We’ve seen that much of the Western press is capable of turning a story about a war launched by Muslim fundamentalists into a story about the injustice of the Israeli response, and indeed about the injustice of our country’s existence. Some reports on these murdered civilians said they merely “had died,” or “were found dead,” and the tenor of coverage seemed notably less outraged than it was at the assassination in July of the leader of Hamas.

https://www.thefp.com/p/among-the-mourners-of-zion-and-jerusalem

[byronius]

1. I grew up in Dhahran.

I was forced to watch two beheadings as a child — at gunpoint. My best friend was seized and had his head shaved for ‘mocking’ a mullah, which he did not do.

It is a violently primitive culture, and the modern makeup smeared across its face does not fool me.

I love Arabs, and I love their food. Their insecure religion smacks of 15th century Christianity.